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Legal Aid for All: Is it Possible?

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In times of economic crisis, employers and employees alike are under stress to make ends meet.  Unfortunately in the employer-employee relationship the boss holds all the cards. Lay-offs, terminations, and firings are on the rise at an alarming rate. In some cases, employers are forced to let valuable, hard working people go just to save a few bucks. Benefits that are owed to the employee, such as unused vacation, unused sick time, and profit sharing contributions, are not taken into account.

Many of these employers aren't bad people, they are just under tremendous economic pressure and have to make some hard decisions. On the other hand their are those who are simply greedy and don't care about the well-being of those that work for them. Thus many people are left to wonder what rights and options do they have to recover this money that is owed them.

Unfortunately, these situations often times require legal advice and/or representation. Most folks know that attorneys aren't cheap and in fact can cost anywhere from $200 to $400 dollars an hour for their services.

Let's face it, when it comes to legal services, we are not all created equal.  Up until recently there have not been good options for the middle and lower class people when it came to legal protection.

What if there was a way to level the playing field? What if there really were "Legal services for all".  It would work on the same principle as health insurance. People would pay a little each month to have access to good legal care whenever they need it.  The employee would have unlimited Attorney consultation, a minimum of 60 hours of pre-trial and trial time if it came to court, and advice on how to handle similar situations. The key would have to be that these services cost only a little each month.

The great thing about this is that it levels the playing field and gives the power to defend oneself against unfair job practices and greedy employers. Employers would then be forced to do the same math calculations that the employee had to do to determine whether it is worth paying their high-priced attorneys rather than meet their obligations to the employee.

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